Abstract
If you're driving from Indiana County to Pittsburgh, somewhere west of Saltsburg you will notice the sky ahead is glowing orange. Getting closer, you will see a massive tongue of fi re fl ickering above the darkened tree tops. It's the new Marcellus gas fl are stack set ablaze to test the pressure in the well after the drilling phase. It is unearthly, completely controlled yet seemingly out of control, a symbol of Pennsylvania's latest energy boom.
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